From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding HomeNow a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is a captivating story of love lost and found (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours. It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem:

familial devotion

One Christmas wish

“A triumph of historical fiction” (The Washington Post)

But one day in her apartment he comes upon an old photograph that demands explanation

and a new talent

Remy devotes himself to helping her recover and return home

encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers

and education she conjured almost out of thin air

“I’ll meet you in the branches

The Daily Beast

A young lawyer wakes up in the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what exactly happened—and how much she’s willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder—in this “smart

she takes aim at everything from public school administrations to the mainstream media